Every parent needs a break, and Broke-Ass Moms are no exception. The question is what to do, and where to go…well, and how much time do you have? I love fantasizing about a weekend away when I can sit on the beach in my bikini lookin’ fine (this is my

Last time Halloween fell on a Monday was in 2005.  San Francisco is a town that likes to run through the streets in costume, so Halloween was pretty much from Thursday to Monday.  I fear it will be the same this year.  This is what I ended up writing at the culmination of it all in 2005.

So if you haven’t seen these ads, commercials, pop-ups or other propaganda saying something like “We can fix your credit today” or “Bankruptcies, tax liens, removed” you must be living under a rock. It is so tempting to sign up for these services and give yourself the fresh start you

Although it’s incredibly tempting to put your baby to sleep, go around the corner to the local pub for a PBR, and sneak back before your baby knows you’re gone, you never know what neighbor might be spying on you at that very moment and whether or not CPS has

I went into the bank the other day to open a new personal checking account. As I am sitting with the banker, we are having a casual conversation about bank fees. When I mentioned the new law that would require them to charge $15.00 per month for debit card transactions,

Anyone know where other Broke-Ass Moms hang out? Yeah, I can’t find them either. But I know you’re out there.  Maybe you’re lurking through the Goodwill bins for a Halloween costume, busy composting your coffee grounds, or reading the latest book you checked out of the library with your toddler

Everyone seems to have at least one month where it’s birthdays galore! For me, that is this month- October. Aside from my own birthday (on the 8th! whoop whoop!), I currently know of at least twenty people with birthdays this month! Damn…(Maybe it was all that excitement between New Year’s